Coquettes, Wives, and Widows : Gender Politics In French Baroque Opera and Theater.

This book studies how French dramatists of the 17th and 18th centuries used opera and theater to control the narrative of how women should behave and be viewed. Includes examples from the music of Rameau, Campra, and others. With an introduction, appendix, notes, bibliography, and index.

xi, 191 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 1580469884
ISBN13: 9781580469883